Setup

Install required tools for Kubernetes development.

MacOS

Install Kube Control CLI to manage Kubernetes resources.

brew install kubectl

Install k9s to easily watch for Kubernetes resources.

brew install derailed/k9s/k9s

Install minikube to create Kubernetes clusters.

brew install minikube

For the purposes of following these notes, a Docker container runtime is used to run Minikube on it. To achieve this you may need to install Docker Desktop or OrbStack.

Install kubectx to easily switch between Kubernetes contexts.

brew install kubectx

Linux

@TODO